Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]flectif. Cf. Reflexive.]

1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror. [1913 Webster]

In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms. --Prior. [1913 Webster]

2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason. --Prior. [1913 Webster]

His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development. --Motley. [1913 Webster]

3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person. [1913 Webster]

4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal. [1913 Webster] -- Re*flect"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*flect"ive*ness, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "reflective": careful, circumspect, cogitative, cognitive, concentrating, concentrative, conceptive, conceptual, conceptualized, considerate, contemplating, contemplative, deliberating, deliberative, discreet, discriminating, discriminative, enlightened, excogitating, ideative, introspective, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, meditating, meditative, mental, museful, musing, noetic, pensive, politic, pondering, prehensive, provident, prudent, prudential, reflecting, ruminant, ruminating, ruminative, serious, sober, speculative, thinking, thought, thoughtful, well-advised, well-judged, wistful

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reflective adj
1: persistently or morbidly thoughtful [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, ruminative]
2: capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface" [ant: nonreflective]
3: devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]flectif. Cf. Reflexive.]

1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms. --Prior.

2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason. --Prior.

His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development. --Motley.

3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.

4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal. -- Re*flect"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*flect"ive*ness, n. ``Reflectiveness of manner.'' --J. C. Shairp.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)